Taylor Swift is facing another lawsuit, this time for copyright infringement over allegedly lifting elements of a 2010 poetry collection to create a book that she released alongside her album Lover in 2019. The lawsuit comes off the back of Swift delaying her ‘Shake it Off’ infringement trial to early 2023.
Teresa La Dart submitted the complaint to a Tennessee federal court. Spanning only five pages, the plaintiff’s complaint states that she copyrighted and published a poetry book entitled Lover in early 2010.
While the suit lacks specific details about the project from La Dart, it is described on Amazon (above annoyed Swifities leaving one-star reviews) as a poetry collection.
Swift’s promotional collectable book that was sold alongside her album Lover and was marketed as a ‘journal’ rather than a poetry book. The journal featured scans of her own personal journal entries, photos and lyric sheets of her past catalogue for her fans to read through.
The infringement complaint states that Swift “ultimately included a number of creative elements that copied the expressive designs and arrangements” from the Lover poetry book.
La Dart claims that she has not received any credit or monetary payments for the elements of her book that Swift allegedly borrowed. Consequently, the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of $1 million.
